Wax press



Feb. 20, 1923.

G. STINEBRING.

WAX PRESS "FILED JULY 11.1'-921.

Patented Feb. 20, 19 23. I

H'liE s'rs PATENT GEORGE STINEBRING, SH REVE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO G. B.LEWIS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

WAX Pnnss.

Application filed July 11, 1921. Serial .No. 483,875.

T 0 all iii/20m may concern? I Be it known that I, Gnonen STINEBRING, acitizen of the United States, and resident oil Shreve, in the county ofWayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in l Vax Presses; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof.

iviy invention has for its object to provide a simple, economical,durable and effective press for expressing the wax from old'honey-combs,generally comprising cappingi Another object of my invention is toprovide a press for the above purpose, wherein the various parts can bereadily assembled and dismounted.

A further object of my invention is to provide a construction which willwithstand strain, and, at the same time, such construction is developedto materially-reduce the cost of manufacture.

With the above and other minor objects in view the invention consists incertain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts as arehereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings andsubsequently claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a wax press embodying the featuresof my invention, with parts broken away and other parts insection tomoreclearly illustrate the details of construction.

Figure 2, a fragmentary face view showing a tank bale forconfining apress spindlecross bar.

Figure 3, a detailed sectional view of an extension ear constitutingpart of a basket, together with means for suspending it in position, and

Figure 4:, a detailed cross section of an overflowing tank spout.

Referrin by characters to the drawings, 1 represents an open mouth fluidtank, having a suitably reinforced upper edge, adjacent to which edgethere is secured a pair of swinging bales 2. The bales are provided forconfining the ends of a cross bar 3, which cross bar is thereby renderedremovable, The cross bar is provlded with companion slots 4: and acentrally disposed aperture 5, through which aperture there is fitted ascrew spindle 6. The screw spindle is in threaded engagement with a:correspondingly threaded thimble whiclithimble is secured to the crossbar by suitable screws 7. The outer end of the screw spindle has fittedthereto, an actuating arm 6, and the lowervend of said spindle hasloosely mounted thereon, a skeleton press head 8. The

skeleton head 8 is adapted to fit within a cy lindrical basket 9,the'walls and bottom of which are preferably formed from stout wiremeshed cloth. The wire meshed cloth. I

is suitably reinforced at its bottom andtop by metallic bands 1010,whereby the struc,

ture, as a Whole, is rendered durable and rigid. The basket is furtherreinforced against end strain by a strap having a bottom stretch l1 andside stretches 11.

side stretches are secured by rivets, or the like, to the bands 10 and10. The side stretches extend beyond the mouth ofwthe basket and areextended to form ears 12,

which ears are apertured for engagement with looking keys 13,'hav1ngdownturned ends that straddle the cross bar 3, it being understood thatthe strap ears 12 are fitted through the slots 4 of said cross bars whenthe parts are in their worlcing' position. The basket is also providedwith a second reinforcing strap 14, which is positioned at a right angleto the first mentioned reinforcing strap, and is similar thereto, withthe exception that the ear extensions are dispensed with. i

As best shown in Figures 1 and 4, the

fluid tank near its upper edge on the mouth is provided with an overflowspout 15, whereby wax expressed from the cone is dis charged into asuitable receptacle.

. From the foregoing description, it will be In the operation of thepress, the usual practice is to insert a bulk or? the uncapped comb andscraps of bees wax lnto the basket,

seen that a simple and economical wax press l which bulk is preferablyencased in a burlap sack or analogous porous jacket. The.

presshead is then positioned over the bulk and the mass is subjected toa bath of hot water contained in the tank of suflicient temperature tomelt the wax. As the process of melting proceeds, the screw spindle isturned down so as to express the wax from the bulk end Water is added tothe container from pressed 'ifl'OlIlthB bulk, will rise to the sun--time to time, whereby theivax which is exeble slotted cross bar adaptedto rest upon the upper edge of said tank and engage the bales, a screwthreaded tlnmble secured to v the cross bar, a oircular basketpositioned within the tank, a reinforcing strap extending across thebottom of the basket and upwardly against the side Wall thereof, thestrap being formed with apertured ear extensions that are fitted throughthe cross bar slots, locking keys mounted in the ear aperturesengageable With'the top surface of the aforesaid cross bar, whereby thebasket is held in suspension, and a screw spindle engaging the cross barthiinble, and askeleton head carried by the lower end of said spindleand adapted to force a comb against the bottom of said basket. i Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I ha'vehereunto set my hand atShreve, in the county of Vayne and State of Ohio.

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